http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking en slk7@calvin.edu Copyright 2008 2008-08-21T15:55:00+00:00 http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking/index2/nonverbal_toolbox_3/ Todd Farley, Fall 2007 Preaching Conference, Calvin Seminary, October 11, 2007 Clips by Technique, Expressiveness, Nonverbal nonverbal expressiveness? (62-64)]]> 2008-08-21T15:55:00+00:00 http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking/index2/nonverbal_toolbox_2/ Todd Farley, Fall 2007 Preaching Conference, Calvin Seminary, October 11, 2007 Clips by Technique, Expressiveness, Nonverbal, Fittingness, Extemporaneous Speech
2) How would you evaluate Farley's use of extemporaneous speaking? Why? (68)]]> 2008-08-21T15:46:00+00:00 http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking/index2/nonverbal_toolbox_1/ Todd Farley, Fall 2007 Preaching Conference, Calvin Seminary, October 11, 2007 Clips by Technique, Defining reality (Naming), Expressiveness, Nonverbal nonverbal stances of a speaker's feet that Farley describes? (62-64)

2) How does Farley define the reality of nonverbal communication? According to Farley, does such communication require a speaker's intentionality or can it be unintentional?]]> 2008-08-21T13:51:00+00:00 http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking/index2/pure_undiluted_slog_2/ Rob Bell, Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, April 18, 2008 Clips by Subject, Music, Clips by Speaker, Bell, Rob, Clips by Technique, Expressiveness, Nonverbal slideware for this example of quality writing? (42-43)

2) From the perspective of nonverbal expressiveness, should Bell be sitting down on the stage of this 1,200-seat venue while referring to quotes on the screen?]]> 2008-08-01T15:17:00+00:00 http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking/index2/pure_undiluted_slog_1/ Rob Bell, Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, April 18, 2008 Clips by Speaker, Bell, Rob, Clips by Technique, Ethos, Fittingness, Event (Situation/Setting), Truthtelling, Honest-talk ethos? (86)

2) How fitting are Bell's comments about writers at this festival? (67)]]> 2008-08-01T14:43:00+00:00 http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking/index2/the_case_for_christianity_2/ Moreland, JP, (Lecture delivered to both believers and unbelievers in non-academic venue; location unknown), Clips by Subject, Philosophy, Clips by Speaker, Moreland, JP, Clips by Technique, Organization, Visual metaphors, Research (Listening), Pathos (emotional appeal), Truthtelling, Straight-talk (clarity), Speech Purposes, Apologetics visual metaphor of the coffee cup? (61)

2) Is his use of pathos convincing in this case? (51)

3) Does Moreland adequately practice the kind of clarity consistent with straight talk? (81)]]> 2008-07-29T14:20:00+00:00 http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking/index2/the_case_for_christianity_1/ Moreland, JP, (Lecture delivered to both believers and unbelievers in non-academic venue; location unknown), Clips by Subject, Philosophy, Clips by Speaker, Moreland, JP, Clips by Technique, Fittingness, Audience, Organization, Introduction (Beginning), Thesis, Speech Purposes, Apologetics audience members? (67)

2) How would you evaluate his introduction as an opportunity to build his ethos? (60, 86)]]> 2008-07-29T13:13:00+00:00 http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking/index2/experience_the_miracle/ DeHeer, Jolene, (A talk delivered to Christian educators; location unknown), 2005 Clips by Subject, Speaking, Clips by Chapter, Ch. 4: Researching, Ch. 5: Crafting, Clips by Speaker, DeHeer, Jolene, Clips by Technique, Fittingness, Audience, Available time, Organization, Visual metaphors, Research (Listening), Primary & Secondary Research, Speech Purposes, To inform, persuade, delight available time land DeHeer in trouble? (70)

2) How does one determine whether a personal vision is authoritative? (49-51)

3) Would a different audience have reacted differently to DeHeer's "challenge," or was the double entendre inevitable? (67)

4) The visual metaphor of the cracked pot ended up having a potentially offensive but very effective second layer of meaning. To what degree is being offensive subjective, and to what degree is it objective? (61-62)

5) How does this example display intents to inform, to delight, and to persuade?]]> 2008-07-18T15:20:00+00:00 http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking/index2/a_world_split_apart_2/ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Commencement Address, Harvard University, June 8, 1978 Clips by Subject, Calling (Vocation), Commencement, Culture, Economics, Human Rights, Clips by Chapter, Ch. 4: Researching, Clips by Speaker, Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, Clips by Technique, Expressiveness, Verbal, Fittingness, Audience, Organization, Conclusion (Ending), Truthtelling, Control beliefs verbal expressiveness? (65)

2) What seem to be his control beliefs about human nature, God, and the purpose of life? (46, 74)

3) How well does this speech fit with the audience for a commencement ceremony at Harvard University? (67)

4) When and why does the audience applaud before the conclusion of the speech? (61)]]> 2006-09-04T18:14:00+00:00 http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/speaking/index2/a_world_split_apart_1/ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Commencement Address, Harvard University, June 8, 1978 Clips by Subject, Politics, Clips by Speaker, Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, Clips by Technique, Virtues and Vices, Speech Purposes, Communicative justice communicative justice in western public life? (13)

2) If civil courage is a virtue, as Solzhenitsyn suggests, why would intellectuals and poltical elites lack it today? (87)]]> 2006-09-04T18:08:00+00:00